BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?

2010-08-18 Thread Aleksandr Miroslav
hello, I am looking for something on BSD that will give me the same info as free(1) in Linux. i.e. I would like to know the state of total/used/free memory and swap. I know there are a number of utilities in ports that will let me do this, I am however looking for something in the base system (if

Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?

2010-08-18 Thread Paul Macdonald
On 18/08/2010 16:18, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: hello, I am looking for something on BSD that will give me the same info as free(1) in Linux. i.e. I would like to know the state of total/used/free memory and swap. I know there are a number of utilities in ports that will let me do this, I am ho

Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?

2010-08-18 Thread Chris Maness
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > hello, > > I am looking for something on BSD that will give me the same info as > free(1) in Linux. i.e. I would like to know the state of total/used/free > memory and swap. > > I know there are a number of utilities in ports that will l

Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?

2010-08-18 Thread RW
On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:18:58 -0400 Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > hello, > > I am looking for something on BSD that will give me the same info as > free(1) in Linux. i.e. I would like to know the state of > total/used/free memory and swap. > > I know there are a number of utilities in ports that w

Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?

2010-08-18 Thread Aleksandr Miroslav
on wed, aug 18, 2010 at 1:04 pm, chris maness wrote: > Would not the info displayed in the command "top" suffice? Yes, "top -n 1" does (sort of) display the info I need. The swap portion gives me the same info as Linux free, the memory portion is more cryptic, I guess due to differences in how F

Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?

2010-08-18 Thread Aleksandr Miroslav
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:41 PM, RW wrote: > Is there any particular reason you want to know? Free memory isn't a > very meaningful concept in FreeBSD. I have a webserver that had it's Apache killed this morning. The box itself had been stable for several years, as well as the Apache instance. Th

Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?

2010-08-18 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Wednesday, August 18, 2010 14:14:25 -0400 Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:41 PM, RW wrote: Is there any particular reason you want to know? Free memory isn't a very meaningful concept in FreeBSD. I have a webserver that had it's Apache killed this morning. The box

Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?

2010-08-18 Thread Mike Jeays
On August 18, 2010 02:06:08 pm Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > on wed, aug 18, 2010 at 1:04 pm, chris maness wrote: > > Would not the info displayed in the command "top" suffice? > > Yes, "top -n 1" does (sort of) display the info I need. > > The swap portion gives me the same info as Linux free, th

Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?

2010-08-18 Thread Jason
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 05:08:35PM -0400, Mike Jeays thus spake: On August 18, 2010 02:06:08 pm Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: on wed, aug 18, 2010 at 1:04 pm, chris maness wrote: > Would not the info displayed in the command "top" suffice? Yes, "top -n 1" does (sort of) display the info I need. T

Re: BSD equivalent of Linux's free(1)?

2010-08-18 Thread Depo Catcher
On 8/18/2010 1:06 PM, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: on wed, aug 18, 2010 at 1:04 pm, chris maness wrote: Would not the info displayed in the command "top" suffice? Yes, "top -n 1" does (sort of) display the info I need. The swap portion gives me the same info as Linux free, the memory portion i